Pictures of the last edition (February 22 & 23, 2018) of Preipop, a free music festival in Groningen for everyone looking for the next big thing (or just enjoy decent music and cheap beer). With acts like Blue Eskimo, Five Minute March, Shabby Cabs, 10 To Go, Cirrus Minor and Mr. Memoir & Drico.Read more

Jeroen Hermkens (St. Anthonis, 1960) is a Dutch lithographer and painter whose work has been on display both at home and abroad. In 2006, he was awarded the title of Dutch Artist of the Year. His previous website didn't play well with mobile devices, nor was it easily findable via the major search engines. The new bilingual site, jeroen-hermkens.nl, brings a cleaner, more contemporary look, as well as responsiveness across all devices and easier 'editability'. Read more

In the wake of his professional career, Simon Ettekoven, former teacher and educationalist, wanted a platform to publish his own essays, short stories and other material. His website, SimonSchrijft.nl (SimonWrites) demanded a clean, text-centered layout, a decent categorisation system, and an easy way to submit new stories without too much technical hassle.Read more

The Pantheon 1.0 dataset maps "historical cultural production" by collecting, visualizing and analyzing data from the biographies of historically, culturally and/or politically significant figures worldwide. See here for more info about their methods. Although this map is largely created by listing the first name in every country (see Ranking > People > Parameter: Birth Country), the dataset currently only takes into account the birthplace of these figures - without regard for where they achieved their fame in life or whether the country to which they're affiliated even existed in some form or another at…Read more

As posted on Reddit. Only golden medalists are included. Two or more years in a vertical row signify separate athletes from the same area; two or more years separated by forward slashes signify one athlete with golden medals in different Olympics.Read more

Marrit Wouda, communication expert. Needed a website to illustrate her portfolio and skillset that was concise, to the point, succinct, compact, and without unnecessary repetition. So there we go. MarritWouda.nl.Read more

In part an intriguing "what if" scenario, in part a simple practice in mapmaking, this map offers a view of the states and cities in the US with the Latin equivalent of their respective names. Posted on Reddit.Read more

Preipop is a one-of-a-kind free music festival in the northern city of Groningen. First launched in 2007, it is hosted every February by student association Cleopatra ASG, and features a wide array of artists, from classical to singer-songwriter to the heavier metals. The older website had become a bit dated, and was in dire need of a new look that was more in sync with the ambitions of the festival itself.Read more

Shooting timelapse isn't all that hard. It can, however, be very cold and lonely... Created for study association SV Perikles, Utrecht University. Shot at Utrecht Science Park de Uithof, parking garage Springweg, Ledig Erf, Oudegracht, Smakkelaarsknoop, Vredenburg and Janskerkhof. Credits to Jeff Beal for the theme tune of the Netflix series House of Cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPlEGjosU3wRead more

Originally, the criteria for making it into this gallery consisted of "being alive" and "being 75 or older". I lowered the last one to 74, because I found the lack of Al Pacino, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, James Cromwell and Sam Waterston disturbing. Please note that the films depicted are not meant to represent the most significant roles of the actor in question. They are merely picked to illustrate their (physical) changes over the years. Read more

Recently I resettled in the most wonderful of Dutch cities, Utrecht. Quaint, vibrant, twice-as-nice-as-Amsterdam-yet-not-half-as-crowded Utrecht. Despite all that, I got bored quickly. So I grabbed my camera, went out, took some nice long-exposure pictures, got some serious frostbite, decided it wasn't worth dieing for the art (yet), and fled home. Still, I'm pretty pleased with the end result. Read more

Previously featured on the frontpage of Reddit, this album showcases the lowest rated films (according to Rotten Tomatoes) from 40 acclaimed directors, such as Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and the Coen Brothers.Read more

Originally a post that rose to the front page of Reddit, this graphic got an honourable mention on the Washington Post Know More blog. Who needs journalism degrees when you can make it to the Post with some graphic skills, right? Couple of notes: What constitutes the "main" location of a film is very much arbitrary, and is based on either personal viewing experience or whatever IMDb or Wikipedia claims. If 60% or more of a film is set in one area, that's the area that gets the label. If no area can claim that…Read more

Inspired by the New Jersey map, and used as a fun exercise in both mapmaking and summing up my own knowledge of my home country. Obviously this is no hard science (or whatever form of science, for that matter), but, you know, it's a map. Maps are cool. Annexed by Germany: North sea beach. Ze Krauts have got their own beaches, but apparently ours are nicer. We don't mind them, but they do have the funny tendency to dig holes in the sand to mark their territory. Still an improvement over their previous…Read more